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Best of August 2016

I usually feel a bit nostalgic about the end of yet another fun-filled month, but I have to admit that this time, there was also excitement. Because it’s now September – the start of my very favorite season of the year, fall 🙂

But before we get into this year’s fall activities (and we will get into them, believe you me – I can’t wait 😉 ), let’s take a look at the Best of August 2016! Every month, I round up all the new posts I’ve written the previous month, feature the top 3 most popular ones, and include my personal favorite, and I did the same for August.

 

Which were the best new posts of August 2016 on Simple Fun for Kid? Check it out in this post - and I'm sharing my personal favorite with you, too! Sensory activities, printables, gross motor games, and more - I posted about all of it in August!

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The Top 3 Most Popular New Posts in August 2016

 

A simple printable mat in rainbow bear colors - perfect for toddlers and preschoolers learning their colors, with or without using actual rainbow bears. Great for color sorting, learning color words, rainbow order, etc.
Simple indoor gross motor activity that burns a ton of energy without making a mess: Pillow throw, great for toddlers, preschoolers, kindergarteners, and anyone you want to tire out ;)
Once your kids have counting down pat, it's time to delve into addition. This Ocean Creatures Addition Printable Ebook includes ten different addition activities perfect for math centers for kindergarten or to play with at home.

Rainbow Bear Colors

N thinks that rainbow bears are the.best.toy.ever! Clearly, many others feel the same way, as shown by the big interest in this simple rainbow bear printable. You can use it to work on color recognition, color sorting, rainbow order, color words, and more.

Pillow Throw

As you know, we’re all about super simple, engaging activities, and this one fits the bill perfectly. It’s an awesome indoor gross motor activity for toddlers to kindergarteners, just right for rainy days when there’s simplx too much energy going around that needs to be burned off. This is also the first non-printable activity that’s made its way into the top 3 in several months 😉

Ocean Creatures Addition Printable Ebook

THE ebook for kids learning addition within 5, whether at home, in the classroom or after school. 57 pages and 10 different printable games and activities with a cute ocean creatures theme help learn and review all of the addition facts within 5. Most of the activities can be done independently, so they’re perfect for math centers in kindergarten and also make great busy bags or quiet time activities.

 

My Favorite New Post of August 2016

 

Quick and simple, hands-on, and sensory introduction to letters for toddlers: Learn the letters in my name with rice and plastic Easter eggs!

 

Picking my personal favorite this month wasn’t as much of a no-brainer as it was in some previous months, but at the end of the day, I had to go with The Letters in My Name. It was N’s first introduction to letters in a very hands-on, sensory way with colorful magnetic letters, rice, and plastic eggs. FUN!

 

All New Posts of August 2016

Sensory Activities and Science:

  • The Letters in My Name
  • Baby Play with Wooden Blocks in a Muffin Tin
  • Summer Flower Sensory Soup
  • Invitation to Play with Cups and Flowers
  • Sensory Play with Dinosaurs
  • Colored Scented Shaving Cream in the Water Table

 

Gross Motor Activities:

  • Pillow Throw
  • Sticky Note Letter Hunt

 

Art Activities and Crafts:

  • None this month!

 

Math Learning Activities and Printables:

  • Fall Food Fingerprint Counting Cards
  • Mermaid Addition Memory Game
  • Ocean Creatures Addition Printable Ebook
  • Fall I Spy Game
  • Fall Leaves Grid Game

 

Literacy Learning Activities and Printables:

  • -ab Family CVC Word Maze
  • N is for Nurse Dot Marker Coloring Pages
  • I See Babies! Emergent Reader
  • B is for Baseball Dot Marker Coloring Pages

 

Other Printables and Learning Activities:

  • Rainbow Bear Colors
  • Rainbow Bear Matching Game

 

Recipes:

  • None this month!

 

Round-Ups:

  • Best of July 2016
  • Fun and Simple Sight Word Activities for Kids
  • 20 Fun Literacy Activities for Toddlers

 

What were your favorite new posts in August? Let me know in the comments below!

 

 

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